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Bill Duncan
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Lenoir, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 8:44 am |
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In the for what it's worth column. I've tried to get a true light blue tint over maple for years and it always turned green. Well I finally did it.
I discovered Cad lacquer. It's extremely clear with no hint of yellow, and it takes blue tint flawlessly.
I bleached the wood first with straight Clorox a couple of times. Then let it dry and light sanded with 220 grit, put on a couple coats of clear Cad for sealer, then tinted with a coat of tinted Cad lacquer. No green! It turned out beautiful light blue. I finished up with twelve coats of clear Cad lacquer, four wet coats a day for three days. Then finish sanded and buffed. The wood grain shows through the light blue tint, and it is exactly what I've been after.
I've been working on a nonpedal ten string travel guitar with a built in amp.
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 8:47 am
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| Got some pics? sounds beautiful!! |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Bill Duncan
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Lenoir, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 9:09 am
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No pictures yet. I will get some though.
Blue has always been a problem for me. the maple turns a little yellow when wet, that plus the suttle yellow of the lacquer I've been using always turned my blue sort of green. When I built up the lacquer for finish sanding, the multiple coats add some small amounts of yellow and gave a green cast to the light blue.
May not sound like much, but I am happy with it. I've stripped this body several times trying to get the light blue, and just could not do it. I almost went red with it, now I'm glad I didn't. The Cad lacquer is very clear, like water.
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Ray Minich
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Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 9:22 am
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| Jim: My thoughts exactly! |
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 9:57 am
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Bill Duncan said:
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| I've been working on a nonpedal ten string travel guitar with a built in amp. |
This sounds like a great idea Bill. Please post pics when it's done.
Jim and Ray,There's battle lines being drawn. Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.  |
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Richard Park
From:
Alexandria, Virginia
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Posted 11 Sep 2009 9:26 am
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| I had the same thought, Jim. First thing that went through my mind: Was Rusty Young playing on that song? |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 11 Sep 2009 1:12 pm
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I feel a research project coming on...  |
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